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{{Short description|Afghan musician}}
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{{Short description|Afghan musician}}
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[[File:Мири Мафтун.jpg|thumb|Maftun in 2024]]
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[[File:Мири Мафтун.jpg|thumb|Maftun in 2024]]
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”’Mir Maftoon”’ ({{langx|Prs|میر مفتون}}) is an [[Afghanistan|
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”’Mir Maftoon”’ ({{langx|Prs|میر مفتون}}) is an [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] musician. He was born in [[Zebak District]], [[Badakhshan]] Province, around 1960s but exact date is not specified. Some other sources say he was born in the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mir Maftoon |url=https://soundcloud.com/mirmaftoon |website=Soundcloud |publisher=Soundcloud |access-date=23 November 2024}}</ref>
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He specialized in authentic instruments, principally the [[dambura]] (a two string [[lute]]), the [[harmonium]] and the [[ghaychak]] (a two string [[violin]]). He combines the music styles from the region of Badakhshan (Northern Afghanistan) with each other and mixes musical elements of different ethnic origins of other [[Central Asia]]n region’s as well. In the West, Maftun is mainly known as an instrumentalist; in Afghanistan he is known as a singer as well.<ref name=”PCA”>Prince Claus Fund, [http://princeclausfund.org/en/network/user/id/303 profile]{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>Zeer Wa Bum, [http://www.zeerwabum.org/badakhshan-folk-music.html ”The Folk music of Badakhshan & Takhar”] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121210120052/http://www.zeerwabum.org/badakhshan-folk-music.html |date=December 10, 2012 }}</ref>
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He specialized in authentic instruments, principally the [[dambura]] (a two string [[lute]]), the [[harmonium]] and the [[ghaychak]] (a two string [[violin]]). He combines the music styles from the region of Badakhshan (Northern Afghanistan) with each other and mixes musical elements of different ethnic origins of other [[Central Asia]]n region’s as well. In the West, Maftun is mainly known as an instrumentalist; in Afghanistan he is known as a singer as well.<ref name=”PCA”>Prince Claus Fund, [http://princeclausfund.org/en/network/user/id/303 profile]{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>Zeer Wa Bum, [http://www.zeerwabum.org/badakhshan-folk-music.html ”The Folk music of Badakhshan & Takhar”] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121210120052/http://www.zeerwabum.org/badakhshan-folk-music.html |date=December 10, 2012 }}</ref>
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